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Unraveling the Strange History of Jefferson's Observations sur la Virginie
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When Thomas Jefferson left Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, the marquis de Condorcet, philosophe, statesman, and close friend of the future president of the United States, declared that "whatever may happen here, Monsieur Jefferson will always be the friend of the philosophers and of the free men of all countries."1 This tribute underscored the influence of the author of the Declaration of Independence on the literati he admired so much. At the same time, these remarks confirmed the...
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`Jefferson's Empire,' by Peter S. Onuf; University Press of Virginia.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; `We have only our history that makes us a single people, claimed Gordon S. Wood, the grand historian of revolutionary America, at a recent Philadelphia conference on National Visions of the Founders. McDonald's, he added, could never do it. The catch, he and his sophisticated listeners knew, is
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Jefferson on Jefferson
The Journal of Southern History
; Jefferson on Jefferson. By Paul M. Zall. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2002. Pp. [xvi], 160. $25.00, ISBN 0-8131-2235-X.) The author of Franklin on Franklin (Lexington, Ky., 2000) and Lincoln on Lincoln (Lexington, Ky., 1999) attempts to encapsulate the life of yet another historical
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BOXER JEFFERSON WINS, KEEPS COMEBACK FROM GUNSHOT WOUND ALIVE
Rocky Mountain News
; Rashiem Jefferson had little trouble in Wednesday's quarterfinals at the Everlast U.S. Championships at the Olympic Training Center. He defeated Joseph Santisevan when ringside officials stopped the bout early in the third round under amateur boxing's provision - the sport's mercy rule - that
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Conquistador of reason.(Jefferson's Demons: Portrait Of A Restless Mind)(Book Review)
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
; JEFFERSON'S DEMONS: PORTRAIT OF A RESTLESS MIND. By MICHAEL KNOX BERAN. Free Press. 266 pp. $25. THE THOMAS JEFFERSON Memorial is a little different from the other great monuments of Washington, D.C. Standing apart from the bustle of the National Mall, it nestles peacefully amid the greenery
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The Mind of Thomas Jefferson.(Book review)
Journal of Southern History
; The Mind of Thomas Jefferson. By Peter S. Onuf. (Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2007. Pp. x, 281. Paper, $19.50, ISBN 978-0-8139-2611-7; cloth, $49.50, ISBN 978-0-8139-2578-3.) The Founding Fathers are an old subject currently enjoying a remarkable revival, leading one to
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The Mind of Thomas Jefferson
The Journal of Southern History
; The Mind of Thomas Jefferson. By Peter S. Onuf. (Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2007. Pp. x, 281. Paper, $19.50, ISBN 978-0-8139-2611-7; cloth, $49.50, ISBN 978-0-8139-2578-3.) The Founding Fathers are an old subject currently enjoying a remarkable revival, leading one to
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DISCIPLINING JEFFERSON: THE MAN WITHIN THE BREAST AND THE RHETORICAL NORMS OF PRODUCING ORDER
Rhetoric & Public Affairs
; This essay analyzes Thomas Jefferson's letter to Maria Cosway of October 12, 1786, remembered today as the dialogue between Jefferson's head and heart. By offering a close reading of the rhetorical styles of the players in Jefferson's letter, and by reading the dialogue alongside Adam Smith's The
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Thomas Jefferson.(Thomas Jefferson: Author of America)(Book review)
Southern Cultures
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thomas Jefferson Author of America By Christopher Hitchens HarperCollins Publishers, 2005 188 pp. Cloth, $19.95 Christopher Hitchens, whose recent drift from the left has caused no little anxiety among former comrades, has used the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal,
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Jefferson wound up for title fight.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; DETROIT _ Strategy? Derrick Jefferson of Detroit don't need no stinkin' strategy when he fights Saturday night for Wladimir Klitschko's WBO heavyweight title. I mean, this guy listens to Mozart and Beethoven, Jefferson said. And I'm just not about to let a guy beat me that listens to those guys.
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GAME 8: THE COLTS; Jefferson a sore winner - Rib injury can't keep Shawn on Patriots' sideline.
The Boston Herald
; INDIANAPOLIS - Shawn Jefferson is hardly the beefiest Patriot, but he's certainly one of the toughest. The slender wide receiver proved that once again yesterday when he refused to come out of the Pats' 21-16 victory over the Indianapolis Colts at the RCA Dome. In the third quarter, Drew Bledsoe
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